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<blockquote data-quote="shazbooger" data-source="post: 276005"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (St Helens RLFC @ Aug 25 2009, 06:06 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=409395" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p>Right then, well I could start with the comments by the official UN observer on the verdict itself;</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE </div><div class=\'quotemain\'>1.<span style="color: #0000ff"> The credibility of a key forensic expert in the trial, Mr. Allen Feraday (UK), has been shattered</span>. It was revealed that "in three separate cases men against whom Mr. Feraday gave evidence have now had their convictions overturned" (BBC, 19 August 2005). Mr. Feraday had told the Lockerbie court that a circuit board fragment found after the disaster was part of the detonator used in the bomb on board Pan Am flight 103. In the first case where Mr. Feraday's credibility had been questioned the Lord Chief Justice had stated that Mr. Feraday should not be allowed to present himself an expert in electronics.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">2. A retired Scottish police officer has signed a statement confirming that the <span style="color: #0000ff">evidence that found Al-Megrahi guilty was fabricated</span>. The police chief, whose identity has not yet been revealed, testified "that the CIA planted the tiny fragment of circuit board crucial in convicting a Libyan" for the bombing of the Pan Am jet (Scotland on Sunday, 28 August 2005). The fragment was supposedly part of the timing device that triggered the bomb. <span style="color: #0000ff">The circumstances of its discovery – in a wooded area many miles from Lockerbie months after the atrocity – have been mysterious from the very beginning</span>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">3. Much earlier, a forensic specialist of the American FBI, <span style="color: #0000ff">Tom Thurman, who was publicly credited with figuring out the fragment's evidentiary importance, was later discredited as a forensic expert</span>. A 1997 report by the US Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General found "that in a number of cases other than Lockerbie, Thurman rewrote lab reports, making them more favorable to the prosecution. <span style="color: #0000ff">The report also recommended Thurman be reassigned to a non-scientific job</span> because he lacked a background in science." (American RadioWorks / Public Radio, March 2000)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">4. The most recent revelation relates to a mix-up of forensic evidence recovered on the ground in Lockerbie with material used during a series of test explosions in the course of the investigation. In one case, a garment which was damaged in a test explosion was presented as if it was the original garment found on the ground (which was completely undamaged). This garment was supposedly placed in the suitcase containing the bomb. "It casts serious doubts over the prosecution case because certain items that should have been destroyed if they were in the case containing the bomb are now known to have survived the blast." (The Observer, London, 9 October 2005)[/b]</span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Article: <a href="http://i-p-o.org/lockerbie-report.htm" target="_blank">here</a></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Of course as someone who has avidly followed the trial (as you said) you've already read all of this and other thoeries as to the real bombers (Iranian sponsired palastinians, CIA drug running operation gone wrong, or mix of both). I dont see how his appeal would not have been successful and the entire investifation re-opened. Every key witness in the trial has been discredited, both Scotish and CIA officials involved in the investigation have stated that the evidence was planted and the key witness who identified Al-Megrahi was pretty much a lunatic who changed his story every few hours depending on what he thought he was meant to say (in order to claim the $2million reward).</p><p></p><p>No one can say for sure if he's innocent as the Government has ensured that he wont appeal however Saying however that you think they had him "bang to rights" is a bit mystifying or extremely naive. The conviction was unbelievably unsafe but politically convenient at the time. Can you really not see this?</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="shazbooger, post: 276005"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (St Helens RLFC @ Aug 25 2009, 06:06 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=409395']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Right then, well I could start with the comments by the official UN observer on the verdict itself; [SIZE=2]<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE </div><div class=\'quotemain\'>1.[color=#0000ff] The credibility of a key forensic expert in the trial, Mr. Allen Feraday (UK), has been shattered[/color]. It was revealed that "in three separate cases men against whom Mr. Feraday gave evidence have now had their convictions overturned" (BBC, 19 August 2005). Mr. Feraday had told the Lockerbie court that a circuit board fragment found after the disaster was part of the detonator used in the bomb on board Pan Am flight 103. In the first case where Mr. Feraday's credibility had been questioned the Lord Chief Justice had stated that Mr. Feraday should not be allowed to present himself an expert in electronics. 2. A retired Scottish police officer has signed a statement confirming that the [color=#0000ff]evidence that found Al-Megrahi guilty was fabricated[/color]. The police chief, whose identity has not yet been revealed, testified "that the CIA planted the tiny fragment of circuit board crucial in convicting a Libyan" for the bombing of the Pan Am jet (Scotland on Sunday, 28 August 2005). The fragment was supposedly part of the timing device that triggered the bomb. [color=#0000ff]The circumstances of its discovery – in a wooded area many miles from Lockerbie months after the atrocity – have been mysterious from the very beginning[/color]. 3. Much earlier, a forensic specialist of the American FBI, [color=#0000ff]Tom Thurman, who was publicly credited with figuring out the fragment's evidentiary importance, was later discredited as a forensic expert[/color]. A 1997 report by the US Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General found "that in a number of cases other than Lockerbie, Thurman rewrote lab reports, making them more favorable to the prosecution. [color=#0000ff]The report also recommended Thurman be reassigned to a non-scientific job[/color] because he lacked a background in science." (American RadioWorks / Public Radio, March 2000) 4. The most recent revelation relates to a mix-up of forensic evidence recovered on the ground in Lockerbie with material used during a series of test explosions in the course of the investigation. In one case, a garment which was damaged in a test explosion was presented as if it was the original garment found on the ground (which was completely undamaged). This garment was supposedly placed in the suitcase containing the bomb. "It casts serious doubts over the prosecution case because certain items that should have been destroyed if they were in the case containing the bomb are now known to have survived the blast." (The Observer, London, 9 October 2005)[/b][/quote] Article: [url="http://i-p-o.org/lockerbie-report.htm"]here[/url]</span>[/SIZE] Of course as someone who has avidly followed the trial (as you said) you've already read all of this and other thoeries as to the real bombers (Iranian sponsired palastinians, CIA drug running operation gone wrong, or mix of both). I dont see how his appeal would not have been successful and the entire investifation re-opened. Every key witness in the trial has been discredited, both Scotish and CIA officials involved in the investigation have stated that the evidence was planted and the key witness who identified Al-Megrahi was pretty much a lunatic who changed his story every few hours depending on what he thought he was meant to say (in order to claim the $2million reward). No one can say for sure if he's innocent as the Government has ensured that he wont appeal however Saying however that you think they had him "bang to rights" is a bit mystifying or extremely naive. The conviction was unbelievably unsafe but politically convenient at the time. Can you really not see this? [/QUOTE]
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